Burger King to buy Tim Horton to cut tax expenses?

[Tonitrus]

In n' out is really the name of a burger place, or is that, like, a joke?

It's real.  But it's referring to the fast food aspect, nothing sexual. 

And most Californians I have known swear by the place.

[CountDeMoney]

I would slot it somewhere between JITB and A&W.

[Eddie Teach]

It's fine as long as you don't want french fries with your meal.

[Barrister]

I would slot it somewhere between JITB and A&W.

Fun fact: Canadian A&W is for a variety of reasons completely independent of the American A&W, and is wildly more successful, being Canada's second largest burger fast food chain (Burger King isn't even close).

[alfred russel]

Oddly, in a number of foreign countries, Burger King is considered a premium product to McDonald's and charges a decent bit more.

[Maximus]

Fun fact: Canadian A&W is for a variety of reasons completely independent of the American A&W, and is wildly more successful, being Canada's second largest burger fast food chain (Burger King isn't even close).

Yeah, we were struck by that on our recent trip. We ate at A&W several times and were impressed. I had forgotten how good they were. I used to be more of a Burger King guy when I lived there because they had poutine(even if it was terribly salty). Now A&W has poutine too and it's quite good.

[garbon]

And most Californians I have known swear by the place.

I don't know. I mean I know a lot of Californians, who originated in other places, who swear by it. I think it's okay but the lack of edible fries is a real issue for me. I'd rather eat at Del Taco.

That said, people certainly do like it in California as else there wouldn't be so many of them in the state. Though I think they are still dwarfed by number of McD's in CA - something like 5:1.

[The Minsky Moment]

Anyone know the size of the tax savings here?  It seems unlikely they are the key driver of this particular deal. 

[Siege]

What's A&W?

American and Western?

[DontSayBanana]

[Siege]

I really don't know.

[Admiral Yi]

What's A&W?

American and Western?

The company name was taken from the surname initials of partners Roy W. Allen and Frank Wright.

[Tonitrus]

In n' out is really the name of a burger place, or is that, like, a joke?

Not a joke

And from driving around Anchorage today, there is an "In n' Out Liquor".

[derspiess]

Liquor in the front, poker in the rear?

[celedhring]

Man, I do miss Jack In The Box. I only sampled it during my visits to CA since for some reason there wasn't none in New York.